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Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery

Jaguar (http://www.autoblog.com/make/jaguar) built an electric XJ (http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/Jaguar-XJ-Series/247282/) last year, Rolls-Royce (http://www.autoblog.com/make/rolls-royce) showed off an electric Phantom (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/02/rolls-royce-102ex-concept-geneva-2011/) this year, now Autocar reports that Mercedes is open to considering an electric offering. To be precise, Autocar said such an S-Class (http://www.autoblog.com/model/s-class) "is not being ruled out" and that Mercedes (http://www.autoblog.com/make/mercedes)' technical head Thomas Weber said, "We are looking at customer demand." All that really means is that it's on the table, probably alongside a whole lot of other things that might or might not ever happen.

However, Mercedes is part-way there with its S400 Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/model/s400-hybrid), and the next S-Class due in 2013 will add a plug-in hybrid option. Until then it'll be up to Fisker (http://www.autoblog.com/make/fisker) to - eventually - bring ionized motoring to the luxury sedan masses.


Gallery: Review: 2010 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2010-mercedes-benz-s400-hybrid-review/)
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